Sealing means



June 7, 1927. 1,631,454

, w. M. BROOKS SEALING MEANS Filed Nov. 11. 1925 Z Sheets-Sheet 1avwewcoz June 1927. 1 631464 W.M.BRQOKS SEALING MEANS File N 11. 1925 2Sheets Sheet 2 (inventor 11o forms in what Patented June 7, 1 927.

:WINERED ir 3 3 19 armest i B$E Application filed-November11;}925Q-1Seria1 No. 68 ,269.

"This invention relates to sealing means and has for its main objectandi'eature a 7 device theparts of whic'h may-b'ef readily as semb ledand sealed"withouflhecessity of ,5 clamping or pressing them} together,and the sealing 'operation'being one of bend ng may be carried outwithout the use of tools. I

' In the accompanying drawings the invention isembodied in a number ofpreferred Fig. 1 is'a-vlew in plan elevation-of a 'simple fo rm of theinvention;showing-the sealing member and the element to besealedassembled but before the-bending operation 5 has taken placer a i Fig.21s a'transverse sectional view on the plane o f line 2 2,oi 1 g F'g. 3shows the assembly bent back upon itself or doubled up and the sealformed: Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing a modified forminvolving a double sealing member:

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional vlew on the plane of line 5"-5 of'Fig.4:

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing a wing forming a part ofthe sealmg member for the purpose of receiving des1gnation symbols: I I1 Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional view on the 39 plane of line7'7 ofFig. 6: -f

Fig. 8 is a view similar'to Fig. 4 but showing a webbing interposedbetween the two tubes of the double sealing member Fig. 9 is atransverse sectional view on the plane of line 99 of 8:

Fig. 10 is a view simllar to Fig. 8 but showing the tubes flaring: VFig. 11 is a view similar to Fig. 4 but showing the bending lines offsetvfrom the 4 center of the sealing member: t

Fig. 12 is a plan view in elevatlon of a I 'modified form of theinvention involving the use of a flat sleeve sealing member and fiatsealing'elements:

Fig. 13 is a transverse sectlonal vlew on the plane of line 1313 ofF1g.. 12:

Fig. 14 is a view of the assembly of Fig.

5 12 bent up or doubled back on itself and the seal formed. 1 V V Takingup first the simple form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 3inclusive, 1t will be seen that 1 indicates a sealing member hereconsistingofsheet material such as'steel, copper or aluminum" formedinto I a tube-like member or, however formed, having a duct 2. 3 is anelement to be sealed shown here as a shackle and may consist of a'metalllc wire or st-rip, round or fiat, or

elf-fibrous or oth'e'r'material. The two ends of the sh-acklel'arethreaded throughthe tube as indicated in Fig. 1 and the'assemblyflis-"then beiit back or do'ubledup on itself thereby sealing the parts. Inthe form shown herein,the sealing member is provided with "twosubstantially p arallel and spaced-apart bending lines formed bytwozsets of oppositely tapering cut-away portions 4 and 5 that partiallyi sever th'elgwalil' of; thetube.

The endsof the shackleare threaded across the plane of th'e bendinglines and, when the sealing member is bent ,it;assumes the form of arectanglediav-ing an openend,

the taper taoesof each set of cut-away porj. tion'sbeingbroughtitogether land the element to be sealed is doubled up in the actof bending the sealing member. It 1 will beseen that no pressing orclamping of the'element to be sealed with-respect to the sealing memberis necessary and that, nevertheless,

element 3 is locked within member 1;. Also,

the material of member 1 is so weakened by the cut-away portions or byadditional scoring that, when itis attempted to-unbend the f parts, saidmember 1 inevitably breaks, thereby indicating that the device has beentampered wlth. The sealingmember being 'made of sheet materiah-its back6 may be utilized for thedesignation symbols of-the shipper or thecarrier. t

In. Figs. 4 and 5, the sealing member is provided with two tubes 7 and 8through each of which one prong of shackle 3 extends. Both tubes areprovided with bending lines and the twotubes are bent jointly;

11 Figs. 6 and 7, the sealing member consists of. a strip of sheetmetal9 upon which is placed a body'of leadlO that forms a tube.

or tunnel for the reception of shackle 8. The advantage of thisconstruction is that member 9 forms a wing of relatively greatdimensions on which designation symbols may be placed.

In Figs. 8 and 9," two tubes? and are employed; but instead of beingclose'together, as in Fig. 4, they are separated by a? webbing 11 foruse asa field for designation symbols.

In Fig. 10,' the arrangement is the same as in Fig. 8' except that tubes12 and 13 are flaring to render threading of the shackle therethrougheasier.

In Figs. 6, .8 and10, the wing9 or webb'ing 11 may be providedwith'scoring 14; to

assume proper weakening of the parts or to define the bending line moreclearly.

In Fig. 11, the arrangement is similarto that of Fig. 4 except that thecut-away portions are offset at one side of the'tubes.

- fiat strips16'of a'shackle.

be provided with bending lines as'inthe In Figs. 12, 13 and 14, stillanother form of the invention is shown in which the tubelike sealingmember consists of a fiat open face sleeve 15 of sheet material throughwhich are threaded, in superposed relation, The sleeve may twosubstantially parallel spaced-apart bending lines, and anelementto besealed insertable lengthwisein said duct before bending the member,extending across the plane of said bending lines andsealed by bending Irectangle.

the member, and therewith the element to be sealed, on both bendinglines, to thereby cause the taper faces of each set of cut-away portionsto close up against each other and the member to assume the shape of anopen 2; Sealing means includingr atube-like 7 member having'two sets ofoppositely tapering cut-away portions at an angle to its lengthwiseaxis, said cut-away portions partly severing the wall of the tube-likemember and forming ptwo substantially parallel spaced-apart bendinglines, and an element to be sealed inser'table lengthwisein saidtube-like member before bending it, extending across the pl aneof saidbending lines and sealed bybending the member, and therewith the elementto be sealed, on both bending lines to thereby cause the taper faces, ofeach set of cut-away portions to close up against each other and themember to assume the shape of an open rectangle. Signed at New York, inthe county of NewYork and State of New York, this 5th day of November,1925. v

WINFBED M. BROOKS.

